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naufrăgĭum, ii, n. [for navifragium, from navis-frango], a shipwreck.

  1. I. Lit.: multi naufragia fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: naufragio perire, id. Deiot. 9, 25: naufragio interire, Caes. B. C. 3, 27: naufragio interceptus, Tac. A. 14, 3; Flor. 3, 10, 7: nullum conferri posse Naufragium velis ardentibus, Juv. 12, 22: pati, Sen. Herc. Oet. 118.
    Prov.: naufragia alicujus ex terrā intueri, to behold the ruin of others from a position of safety, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4 (cf. Lucr. 2, 1): naufragium in portu facere, i. e. to fail when on the verge of success, Quint. Decl. 12, 23.
    1. B. Poet., transf.
      1. 1. A storm: naufragiis magnis multisque coörtis, Lucr. 2, 552.
      2. 2. The remains of a shipwreck, a wreck: Eurus Naufragium spargens operit freta, Sil. 10, 323.
  2. II. Trop., shipwreck, ruin, loss, destruction: naufragium fortunarum, Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25: luculenti patrimonii, id. Phil. 12, 8, 19: rei familiaris, id. Fam. 1, 9, 5: cum Gallica gens per Italiam naufragia sua latius traheret, defeats, Flor. 1, 13, 19: tabula ex naufragio, lit. a plank on which a shipwrecked person saves himself; hence, a means of deliverance, a solace, Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3.
    1. B. Transf., the shattered remains, a wreck: naufragia Caesaris amicorum, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 3: colligere naufragium rei publicae. id. Sest. 6, 15: credo mollia naufragiis litora posse dari, Ov. P. 1, 2, 62; 2, 9, 9.

naufrăgus, a, um, adj. [navis-frango], that suffers shipwreck, shipwrecked, wrecked.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): Marium Africa devicta expulsum et naufragum vidit, Cic. Pis. 19, 43: corpora, Verg. G. 3, 542: puppis, Ov. H. 2, 16: mulier, Tac. A. 14, 11.
          1. (β) Subst.: naufrăgus, i, m., a shipwrecked person: naufragus natans, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 153: dare naufrago tabulam, Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2: mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat, Juv. 14. 301.
    1. B. Poet., transf., that causes shipwreck, shipwrecking: mare, Hor. C. 1, 16, 10: unda, Tib. 2, 4, 10: monstra, Ov. F. 4, 500: tempestas, Val. Fl. 1, 584: Syrtis, Sil. 17, 635; cf. navifragus.
  2. II. Trop., ruined: naufragorum ejecta ac debilitata manus, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24: ut aliquis patrimonio naufragus, id. Sull. 14, 41.